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Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker

Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker from directly overhead

Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,215 m. Santa Fe Baldy stands 3,847 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Glorieta Pass Battlefield, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Santa Fe Trail runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2215 m
Getting there

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Coordinates35.56754, -105.75085

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites: 54
  • Glorieta Pass Battlefield: 0.7 mi
  • Pecos Pueblo North (ruin): 3.6 mi
  • Pecos Pueblo South (ruin): 3.6 mi
  • ruins of Spanish church at Pecos: 3.7 mi
  • Ruins of Church Convento at Pecos: 3.7 mi
Museums: 28
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 15
  • Schepps' Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Terrace Gardens: 11.4 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Wildlife Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Native American Garden: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Nature reserves: 5
Springs: 5
  • Alamosa Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Wesner Spring/Mine: 18.3 mi
  • Hermit's Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Yoh toh: 22.4 mi
  • Cienega Redonda Spring: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santa Fe BaldyN 359°3,847 m18.3 mi
Lake PeakN 356°3,771 m15.9 mi
Penitente PeakN 357°3,720 m15.8 mi
Tesuque PeakN 353°3,656 m15.1 mi
Elk MountainNE 39°3,550 m17.7 mi
Mount BarkerNE 37°3,490 m16.9 mi
Aspen PeakN 349°3,384 m16.5 mi
Valle de la PiedraNE 45°3,340 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4919:4520:23
September equinox06:5218:2819:01
December solstice07:0916:1516:54

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323641485666696861514032
Precip in0.70.60.70.71.01.23.23.01.71.21.01.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pecos NM, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Greater Short-horned Lizard11 obs
  • Santa Fe phlox11 obs
  • dotted gayfeather9 obs
  • Colorado Pinyon8 obs
  • Rocky Mountain Juniper8 obs
  • Spinystar8 obs
  • broad-leaved sweet pea6 obs
  • Southwestern Ponderosa Pine6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357611997

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